--- title: "Psalms 82 - Study King James Bible with treasury of scripture knowledge" description: "Read Psalms 82 with treasury of scripture knowledge commentary. 1 God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods. 2 How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Sela" image: "/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/treasury-of-scripture-knowledge/psalms/82" --- [ Read](/kjv/psalms/82)[ Commentary](/study/psalms/82)[ Interlinear](/interlinear/psalms/82) Audio 1 God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods.* 2 How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah. 3 Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.* 4 Deliver the poor and needy: rid *them* out of the hand of the wicked. 5 They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course.* 6 I have said, Ye *are* gods; and all of you *are* children of the most High. 7 But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes. 8 Arise, O God, judge the earth: for thou shalt inherit all nations. [Psalms 81](/study/psalms/81) [Psalms 83](/study/psalms/83) ## Commentary To verse 1 **of Asaph:** or, for Asaph **God:** etc. Or, "God standeth in the assembly of God, ail, he judgeth among the judges." Elohim̀ God is among His own people; and presides especially in those courts of justice which Himself has established. [Exodus 18:21](/kjv/exodus/18/21), [2 Chronicles 19:6](/kjv/2-chronicles/19/6), [2 Chronicles 19:7](/kjv/2-chronicles/19/7), [Ecclesiastes 5:8](/kjv/ecclesiastes/5/8) **the gods:** [Psalms 82:6](/kjv/psalms/82/6), [Psalms 82:7](/kjv/psalms/82/7), [Psalms 138:1](/kjv/psalms/138/1), [Exodus 21:6](/kjv/exodus/21/6), [Exodus 22:28](/kjv/exodus/22/28), [John 10:35](/kjv/john/10/35) **Reciprocal:** [Exodus 12:12](/kjv/exodus/12/12) - gods [Exodus 22:8](/kjv/exodus/22/8) - the judges [Deuteronomy 24:17](/kjv/deuteronomy/24/17) - pervert [Joshua 22:22](/kjv/joshua/22/22) - Lord God [1 Chronicles 6:39](/kjv/1-chronicles/6/39) - Asaph [1 Chronicles 25:2](/kjv/1-chronicles/25/2) - Asaph [Nehemiah 5:7](/kjv/nehemiah/5/7) - I rebuked [Nehemiah 13:17](/kjv/nehemiah/13/17) - I contended [Job 36:6](/kjv/job/36/6) - giveth [Psalms 2:10](/kjv/psalms/2/10) - be instructed [Psalms 7:8](/kjv/psalms/7/8) - The Lord [Psalms 58:1](/kjv/psalms/58/1) - O congregation [Psalms 94:20](/kjv/psalms/94/20) - throne [Psalms 136:2](/kjv/psalms/136/2) - the God [Ezekiel 34:7](/kjv/ezekiel/34/7) - *General* [Daniel 2:47](/kjv/daniel/2/47) - a Lord [Daniel 3:3](/kjv/daniel/3/3) - the princes [Micah 3:1](/kjv/micah/3/1) - Is it [Habakkuk 1:4](/kjv/habakkuk/1/4) - for [John 10:34](/kjv/john/10/34) - I said [Acts 10:34](/kjv/acts/10/34) - Of a [Acts 16:37](/kjv/acts/16/37) - They have [Acts 23:3](/kjv/acts/23/3) - for [Acts 24:25](/kjv/acts/24/25) - righteousness ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#website","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com","name":"Real Bible Believers","description":"RBB","publisher":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/search?q={search_term_string}","query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/treasury-of-scripture-knowledge/psalms/82#primaryimage","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg","contentUrl":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg","width":672,"height":448,"caption":"Real Bible Believers"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/treasury-of-scripture-knowledge/psalms/82#webpage","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/treasury-of-scripture-knowledge/psalms/82","name":"Psalms 82 - Study King James Bible with treasury of scripture knowledge","isPartOf":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/treasury-of-scripture-knowledge/psalms/82#primaryimage"},"author":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509"},"description":"Read Psalms 82 with treasury of scripture knowledge commentary. 1 God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods. 2 How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? 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